![JAPAN-ANIMAL-PANDA Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/panda-babies-twin.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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Two tiny, hairless panda cubs—one male and one female—were born Monday in a research center in Chendu, central Sichuan province. They are the second and third children of mother giant panda Yaxing. They were 146 grams and 117 grams when they were born.
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